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manipolare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
  • gaslight noun A lamp that produces light by burning piped gas.
  • knead verb To press, fold, and work a soft mixture (especially dough) with the hands until it becomes smooth and even.
  • manipulate verb To handle, adjust, or operate something skillfully with the hands.
  • operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
  • rig noun A large piece of equipment used for a specific task, especially for drilling or trucking.
  • tamper verb To interfere with something in an unauthorized or harmful way.

Senses

manipolare is used for these senses in English:

  • coax (transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
  • knead (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
  • manipulate (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
  • manipulate (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
  • operate (intransitive) To act or produce an effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
  • operate (intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
  • rig (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  • set up (transitive) To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.

gaslight — full definition

  1. noun A lamp that produces light by burning piped gas.
  2. verb To manipulate someone so that they doubt their own memory, perception, or sanity.
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